Originally posted by Kazenji
Yeah....my bad.
I actually just clarified to prevent someone from ambushing you over the missed word. And only reason I knew is because it was on the news already, besides the usual nonsense with people being "shocked" that a film with more than three people in it depicting Noah isn't literally accurate to the epic prose that is the Bible.
Originally posted by Stealth Moose
I actually just clarified to prevent someone from ambushing you over the missed word. And only reason I knew is because it was on the news already, besides the usual nonsense with people being "shocked" that a film with more than three people in it depicting Noah isn't literally accurate to the epic prose that is the Bible.
I just don't get understand any that stuff with the Muslims and the images of prophets & Mohammed with them losing their shit
like for starters, How do they know that's what Mohammed looks like when they've never ever seen a picture of him 😬
Saw this last night and was pretty blown away. It has some definite fantasy elemtens to it that might throw some people off (stuff you don't see in the trailer(s)). But that was fine with me, because it's mythology and mysticism (that's what Aronofsky does well in my opinion). I don't view it as history as some people might (all the Christian criticism is kind of hilarious and sad to me because people are completely missing the point). I agree with a lot of the reviews I've seen. It has a very strong emotional humanity at its core and is actually extremely moving. It takes the character of Noah very seriously and it's pretty dark. It operates both on a small human scale and an epic worldwide scale, which I think is a big reason it works so well and has been received pretty well by critics. It's fascinating, complex, and thought-provoking and still very exciting, thrilling, and engaging. And my god, some amazing acting performances, particularly from Jennifer Connelly, Russell Crowe, and Emma Watson.
My main problem with the film is the goddamn shaky cam. I can't believe he went that route with the cinematography. It serves no purpose on a film like this other than making the viewer distracted and nauseated (more of a problem on the big screen, of course, which the IMAX screen is). But it serves no purpose. It's not like this is supposed to be a documentary. So basically only loses points from me for shaky cam...
4/5 or 8/10 stars
Oh, and I've heard that they had several cuts of the film and that the one released was not actually the one that Aronofsky preferred. I haven't found confirmation on that (can anyone else?). But here is a great short video interview with him... Darren Aronofsky on Interpreting 'Noah'
Didn't notice it??! Well, to be fair, I don't think it would be as distracting and nauseating if the screen were smaller. I saw it in mid theater on an IMAX screen. I'm definitely going to watch this again on a smaller screen.
Cloverfield was fine, because that was the whole point behind it. It was all part of the storytelling... this group of people had a handheld camera to give it a "documentary" feel. So that didn't bother me at all. Noah is an imaginative mythical fantasy/drama, not a documentary.
Originally posted by Tzeentch
...It was (unintentionally) pretty damn amusing, what with Noah basically being a complete and utter sociopath for the latter half of the film.
I find it more amusing that fundy religious literalists are complaining about stuff being added. It's apparently okay if Mel Gibson does it, but not a horrible, evil Hollywood liberal making a film about the importance of "love," which is kind of what "God" is according to the sacred Bible.
I didn't find the drunk part bad (though iirc, wasn't he also raped by his daughter(s) when he was drunk?), more the
Spoiler:. I mean, it wasn't a plothole, yah, we see why he kind of lost it. But I was still getting some pretty funny The Shining vibes.
EVERYONE DESERVES TO DIE, GONNA KILL UR BABY SON, **** YO LITTLE LIFE-BOAT
Also, is it just me, or was the villain a total badass? I couldn't help but root for him.